Country Profile

The largest nation of the african continent, sudan is situated in the northeastern africa. It is the 10th largest country of the world by area. Sudan is bordered by the egypt from the northern side, red sea to the northeast, kenya and uganda from the southeast directions. From the western side, sudan is bounded by the chad and libya from the northwest. It is divided into 25 states which are further subdivided into 133 districts. More than 75% of the population are followers of islam region.

Snapshot

Economic Overview

• Sudan has been characterized as the 3rd biggest african oil producer.
• Industrial sector is the major GDP contributor.
• The nation is blessed with natural resources like petroleum, copper, iron ore, silver, gold etc.
• It shares good exporting relations with china, south korea, japan.
• GDP -real growth rate has been recorded near to 10.5%.

International Trade

Major Export Items
Oil and Petroleum Products, Cotton, Sesame, Livestock, Groundnuts, Gum Arabic, Sugar

Main Destinations of Exports
China, Japan, South Korea

Major Import Items
Foodstuffs, Manufactured Goods, Refinery and Transport Equipment, Medicines and Chemicals, Textiles, Wheat

Main Origins of Imports
China, Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, UAE, Japan

Contacts of Trade Ministries/ Associations

Business Visa Rules

• A valid passport with 6 months validity with complete visa application form and pass port size photographs.
• Letter from the applicant's company stating its purpose of visit, duration of stay, departure from the sudan. It explicitly mentioned that who will bear the cost of living in the sudan ie., whether the expenses of staying in sudan will be borne by the applicant itself or it will be incur by the company.
• Copy of the both inward and return tickets or confirmed itinerary.

Business Hours

Offices:   Saturday to Thursday from 08:00 - 14:30
Banks:    Saturday to Thursday from 08:30 - till noon

Public Holidays